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Early Life: education; serves with Friends Ambulance Unity (FAU) in Europe and Mid-East, 1944-45.

China Experiences: evaluates preparation for work in China; adjustments to life in China; stationed at Kutsing Hospital, Honan; evaluation of health problems, availability of medical supplies and health care in post-WWII China; assigned to Medical Team 19 (MT 19); stationed at International Peace Hospital, Yenan, 1946; response to various foreigners encountered during time in China; general description of Yenan area and the spirit of Yenan's inhabitants; contacts with the leadership of Yenan; anti-Kuomintang and American sentiment in Yenan; land reform in Yenan; coping with pregnancy in Yenan; adapting to shortage of medical supplies in Yenan; the Chinese perspective on nursing as a profession; greatest satisfaction from work in China; experiences with traditional Chinese medicine; general description of Chinese co-workers; rest relaxation in China; impact and value of the China experience; leaves China, 1948; describes experiences to British Broadcasting Company in producing public information about People's Republic of China.

Publication Date

1977

Publisher

Midwest China Center

City

Saint Paul

Keywords

Friends Ambulance Unit, FAU, Kutsing Hospital, Honan, post-WWII, Medical Team 19, MT 19, International Peace Hospital, Yenan, Anti-Kuomintang, nursing, People's Republic of China

Midwest China Oral History Interviews

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